The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-08

| Personally, would like to grant them all the
1 favors I.could, but don't think it would be
| wise TO do so. 1t may seem foolish and per
! haps it is foolish but don't want these men
| to cheat the gallows by killing themselyer.
! Their friends might give them daggers os
| poison and although l know that if they
should want to kill themselves, we would be
| powerless to prevent it, still / should not
| like to have it said that if / had attended TO
my duty, the suicides might have been pre-
| vented"
The first Of these to arrive was Mrs Fngel.
There was a sort of a scared expression on her
poor, worn face, and she moved about in ner-
vous manner, as though she could scarcely
realize that the last slender thread Of hope
had broken. She brought basket of tooth
some edbles for her husband, and Jailer Folz
took a chair from tho office and carried it out
TO the cage and placed it for her near the bars.
Lingg's aunt and young lady cousin, and one
OF his fair admirers came next. They were all
downcast, with traces of tears on their checks,
but they had not been talking to the reck less
bomb-inaker five minutes before they were all
laughing, and their mrth sounded strangely
incongruous with the feelings of most Of
thosepresent Frank Bieleffeldtof the Arbiter
Zeitung, accompanied by reporter for the
same paper, came next. Shortly afterWard
Spics's two brothers, Chris and Ferdinand,
were admitted and they were followed by their
mother, who seemed to feel her sorrow deeply.
Mrs. Parsons, and her two little children,
came, and with them, lady who is interested
in the work of the amnesty association. Every
one of the prisoners had the semblance, at
least of positively cheerful spirits. Bieleffeldt,
after leaving the Jail said:
at is useless to ask these men to sign q pc
tition to the governor for their lives | have
just been talkinglto them and they laugh at the
idea"
A significant incident of the day had its
scene at police headquarters. The moment
word of the decision was received all the de-
tectives in the building disappeared with sur
prising suddeness. AS to what districts or
places they were assigned, their superiors were
non-communicative when asked. tits known,
however, that for some days the men have
had sealed instructions to act as soon as the
decision was received. "We will not be
caught mapping" was all the Ulcers would
say.
Besides the regular force, tho detective de-
partment has been largely reinforced from out
lying stations. Just what the precautions will
be, or have been taken to prevent any outbreak,
the officials decline to say. 1t is known that
preparations are going on for the execution.
The ropes have been ordered from an eastern
firm for some time, and will be thoroughly
tested before being sent on here. An additional
scaifold will have to be built, and preparations
were being made for this today. At
instruments of death lying in the
basement of the criminal court building,
but they will not accommodate over five vic
Tins. The new one will be very much like
the one ON which the three Italian murderers
were hanged some time ago, but will, it is stat
cd, contain some slight improvements as to
the traps. Already the morbidly curious of
Chicago, as well as outside points, have been
sending in requests for tickets to get in the
Jail on the nth instant. Letters by
the score are arriving daily from provin-
eial journalists, who desire to secure a ticket
so they can have representative on hand
They will all be doomed to disappointment.
II the hanging takes place on the 18th instant,
there will be only few persons present. The
sheriff will adhere strictly to the law laid down
in such cases, and no one except representa-
tives of the city papers, press associations. mem
bers of the jury and the attorneys will be al
lowed to be present,